Ganesh Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.917 of 2022 ====================================================== Ganesh Rai S/o Siya Rai Resident of Village- Jagdishpur, P.S.- Raghopur, District- Vaishali at Hajipur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Food and Civil Supply Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The District Magistrate, Vaishali.

3.

The Sub- Divisional Officer, Hajipur at Vaishali. 4.

The Block Supply Officer, Raghopur.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. N.K. Agarwal, Sr. Advocate Mr. Akash Chaturvedi, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Upendra Pratap Singh, AC to SC 4 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR) Date : 24-02-2022 Heard Mr. N.K. Agarwal, learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Upendra Pratap Singh, AC to SC 4 for the State.

The petitioner had approached this Court against the order of cancellation of his PDS licence when this Court had directed the petitioner to prefer an appeal against the aforesaid order within a period of one month.

Patna High Court CWJC No.917 of 2022 dt.24-02-2022 2/2 The petitioner filed an appeal but only after a delay of five months and the same has been dismissed on the aforesaid ground viz. late filing of the memo of appeal. We set aside the appellate order and direct the appellate authority to advert itself to the grounds taken in appeal and pass a reasoned order within a period of 60 days from the date of receipt/presentation of a copy of this order.

Needless to state that the appellate order shall be a reasoned order, which shall be communicated to the petitioner.

The writ petition stands disposed off accordingly. (Ashutosh Kumar, J) ( Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) krishna/- AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE NA Uploading Date 02.03.2022 Transmission Date NA